Thursday

MIRACLE FRUIT IN DAVAO CITY

For sometime now the older and the younger folks in our compound has been in discussion about this tree that my aunt-in-law planted in our side yard. When it was still an undersize tree nobody cares, but when its branches started to spread out of the fence and started to bear fruit, we were all dazed to see its unusual fruit, unusual because you cannot just see it in the normal fruit stand. My aunt said, it’s a miracle fruit, but when I google it all information points to a red berry for a miracle fruit.

Before this tree was planted, I can remember my mother-in-law brought one mature fruit, the shell was so hard, they even use a saw to cut it half, the fruit meat was white, but when it was boiled it really has a damn knocking foul aroma, everybody went out of the house, I spent two canister of Evian to drive the odor away.

According to those who have tried it, it cures a lot of body ailments. But God knows, if I’m on the verge of death then I will try it, promise, the white meat has turned into a purplish sticky, foul sauce. Then ‘the berks’ of my mom-in-law around our dining table without some second thoughts gulp down that purple concoction, according to them it taste bitter sweet, yeah! my tongue can see, my nose can taste it so… There are at least 5 mature fruits on that tree, I wonder how many Evians will I consume again to drive the odor away in the future as it will happen again, really I’m positive!

Take a look at these pictures… Does anyone know what really this fruit’s name is?

Hi Vernz, Tita Melinda said she has never seen that kind of fruit either, and she has a fairly good knowledge of plants in the Philippines and from the United States where she lived the past ten years. She is stumped!It's a mystery!

Because a lot of people don't belive in tablets, they want fresh fruit, but fruit only lasts for 3 months and tabs last a year. One tablet is like three beries. It's produced in Taiwan using pure freeze-dried Miracle berry with high concentrations of the active ingredient, Miraculin.

hello maam :)im also embarking on a journey to search for the scientific name of this fruit. we have this on our front yard and as you have mentioned, i also heard that this fruit specifically cures a lot of ailments my lola drinks it! i need to know the name of this fruit as we will have it experimented on our laboratory to extract the active ingredients from this fruit. im so happy to have found out about your blog and knowing that another being is in search for the "identity" of this mysterious fruit. should you have any luck will you please inform me? i promise to do the same :)

Hello maam! i wonder if you'd be interested..we have already found out about the "identity" of that miracle fruit. it's name is cujete. any info you need about it could be found from this site:http://www.stuartxchange.org/Cujete.html just so you know.. . :)

Hi, I am from Cebu, I visited my brother in 1st Oct. St.(right)Don Jullian Village Maa, Davao just last Sunday, Sept.18,2011. He has been drinking the juice which he got from Maasim, Sarangani. He gave me a glass of it then I drank it. It tastes sweet and smells like Castoria. I like the taste so I drank another glass. Minutes later I felt in my right arm and right leg the feeling I usually feel when my bp goes down. This made me think the juice is good for lowering one's bp. My brother then took me to his neighbor who has this tree and we bought 5 pcs of its fruit.We boiled its meat to make the juice. Pero taas man akong bp pagkabuntag. About my brother, nigamay siya. Nagweight loss ba. He said he'll have his sugar checked.

Hi Vernz i got a fruit of this miracle fruit from a classmate who has a big farm. Its funny but until now I haven't opened it yet because I don't know what to do with it, ha ha I got it 3 weeks ago. tomorrow I'll open it and see to myself how true those comments are. Thanks.

....we have these at home... it was planted by one of our missionary visitor, 10 years ago, ngayon lang nagka bunga... can you tell the detail of this miracle fruit pls... 0923 578 5267 or you can email me at manz.calibo23@yahoo.com .... may 7 na bunga nah.. thanks....

The pulp of the fruit has medicinal properties and acts as a remedy for respiratory problems such as asthma and cough.

It contains hydrocyanic acid which is considered as a purgative.

The syrup prepared from the pulp is used as a medicine for relieving disorders of the chest or respiratory tract and also to cure dysentery and stomach aches.

The leaves of the Calabash Tree are used to reduce blood pressure.

The decoction of the tree bark is used to clean wounds and also to treat hematomas and tumors.

The extract of the fruit is effective in the treatment of fever. The plant is used most frequently for the effective treatment of diseases of the respiratory tract such as: bronchitis, whooping cough, asthma and those related to illnesses caused by the cold. Good results have been seen in the treatment of otalgia (earaches).

We have a tree like this as well and we don't know the scientific name of it and I found your blog about it and thanks for the many comments coz I finally found the scientific name and searched it in the website given by one of those who commented in your blog. Thank you, it's a big help. I'm letting my mama drink the juice coz she has glaucoma, it helps in a way to bring down the eye pressure. And I'm drinking at the moment as well.

Hello, I would like to ask if anyone selling this calabash tree in cebu?? I would like to buy some fruit of calabash coz my mum has a stage 4 breast cancer and i heard alot about this miracle fruit...pls do help me...email me here lovely_taladro@yahoo.com..thanks

hi... thank you so much for all the positive comments,we have a plant at home wd fruits. we are not sure yet of its uses, now unending thanks for all the informations, we got some branches from davao, and we planted. Im from Ilocos sur. philgerbrid@gmail.com

I just bought 6 today comoz it helps lower the sugar and stable the blood sugar. Its good for asthmaand cough. A lot of benefits actually but I personally need it to boost my immune system and for my insomnia. Me and my mom drink this evrynight and so far we have a wonderful sleep like heaven heheeheheh